高中英语阅读理解限时训练学法指导

高中英语阅读理解限时训练

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You’ve got that feeling again.You know you’ve forgotten something,but you can’t quite put your finger on it. Important files from work? Income tax paid? And then you remember—you’ve forgotten to pick up your favorite black dress from the drycleaner’s. Now you’ll have to imagine something out of the cupboard for your dinner date tonight. Sound familiar?

According to the survey(调查), 43 percent of people feel that they have a poor memory or difficulty concentrating. But the good news is that with a quick mental exercise, you can easily repair your mind and memory. After all, it’s not only our bodies that need exercise, but also that all-important muscle, the brain! If you want to remember where you put your keys, be more effective at work or just feel more in control, learning a few new techniques could be the answer. Invest a few minutes a day, say the experts, and you’ll be rewarded with better long-term performance.

Patrick Holford, author of Good Nutrition for the Mind, agrees. “Alzheimer’s (老年痴呆症) takes 40 years to develop and, contrary to popular belief, only one in 100 cases is caused by genetic factors. The secret to a good memory is good nutrition, exercise and using your mind as much as possible. If you don’t use it, you lose it.”

Read on to discover exactly how simple exercises can give your brain, memory and concentration a much needed boost (提高).

1. The underlined phrase “put your finger on it” in Paragraph 1 probably means“”.

A. touch something with your finger

B. put your finger on your head

C. move something with your finger

D. explain exactly where something is

2. What is mainly talked about in the first paragraph?

A. Some examples to show we have a poor memory.

B. We often fall in deep thought.

C. Clothes are often was hed in the dry cleaner’s.

D. We nearly forget our dinner date.

3. The second paragraph tries to .

A. tell us some data of poor memory

B. persuade us to do some mental exercise

C. persuade us to do some physical exercise

D. tell us how to be efficient at work

4. According to Patrick Holford, the more we use our mind, .

A. the healthier our body will be

B. the poorer our memory will be

C. the better our memory will be

D. the more pain our head will suffer

5. What may be told in the next few paragraphs?

A. More examples of having a poor memory.

B. Some bad effects of a poor memory.

C. The reasons why we should do mental exercise.

D. The ways that we do mental exercise.

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Writing about his grandmother’s battle with cancer was difficult, said 11-year-old Sam Scott. But it was a story he believed that needed to be told.

Scott and his classmates at Monroe Elementary School entered the creative communication essay contest. Twenty-six were chosen to be published in an anthology(选集) book of literature, Celebrating What Is Important to Me.

In their essays —limited to 250 words —students were asked to give “an opinion about something that had affected their life,” said Carie Tragesser, a teacher at Monroe.

In his essay, Scott said his grandmother was amazed when she found out she had cancer because she had no symptoms(症状). “The cancer seemed to take away her life,” he said. “When it came time for her surgery, she was so frightened that she could barely talk. The surgery was a success, but the 13 weeks of radiation(放射疗法) was intense,” he said. “Today, she is a 13-year c ancer survivor,” Scott said.“She has a bright and promising future ahead.”

Scott said he wrote about his grandmother because he wanted people to be more aware of the need for cancer study. “When I interviewed her, it was hard for her to talk about it,” Sc ott said. “But cancer needs to be studied more.”

Students are now in the process of proofreading(校对) their essays before they are published. Because a large number of essays submitted by Monroe students were accepted, the school will be given a “Writing Achievement Award” —an honor given to the top 10 of the schools that enter the contest.

1. Scott wrote about his grandmother because .

A. he was quite moved by her

B. he wanted cancer to be further studied

C. he wanted to encourage other cancer patients

D. he wanted to call people’s attention to his grandmother

2. Students who attended the creative communication essay contest all wrote about .

A. what affected their lives

B. what happened in their lives

C. who they admire the most

D. what is important to them

3. When she found out she had cancer, Scott’s grandmother.

A. was very frightened

B. could barely talk

C. was quite surprised

D. was very worried

4. What do we know about Scott’s grandmother now?

A. She is still worried about her future.

B. She is living a happy and healthy life.

C. She still goes through radiation.

D. She can live another 14 years.

5. A “Writing Achievement Award” will be given to Monroe Elementary School because ____

A. more students in it attended the essay contest

B. more students’ essays were chosen to be published in the book

C. all its students’ essays were limited to 250 words